percolating
present participle ofpercolate
| 单词 | percolating |
| 释义 | percolating present participle ofpercolate percolate verb uk/ˈpɜː.kəl.eɪt/us/ˈpɝː.kəl.eɪt/percolateverb(LIQUID)[I] If aliquidpercolates, itmovesslowlythrough asubstancewith verysmallholesin it: Seawaterpercolates down through therocks. [IorT] to makecoffeeusing amachinein whichhotwaterpassesthroughcrushedcoffeebeansinto acontainerbelow Movement of liquids
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Crossing and moving through Warm drinks percolateverb(INFORMATION)[I] tospreadslowly: Thenewshasbegunto percolatethroughthestaff. Spreading and scattering
Examplesofpercolatingpercolating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In the more centrally placed olivine gabbros, olivine re-equilibrated with evolved liquidspercolatingthrough the cumulus pile. From theCambridge English Corpus In the absence of a soil adsorptive capacity these are likely to be rapidly removed inpercolatingwater. From theCambridge English Corpus These veins occur as isolated bodies in the gabbros, suggesting thatpercolatingmelts were channelled into metre-wide veins and transported through the partly solidified gabbro. From theCambridge English Corpus This may accomplish temporary adsorption of nutrient cations that would otherwise be lost inpercolatingwater. From theCambridge English Corpus In general the image has been of scientific ideaspercolatingdown from "pure" scientific sources through the population at large, becoming diluted, distorted, and misunderstood in the process. From theCambridge English Corpus When bottom ash is dumped into landfills (it is considered "special waste," but still allowed in the landfill), toxic substances can leach into groundwater systems bypercolatingthrough the soil. From theCambridge English Corpus Natural tropical soils would also be expected to exhibit well-developed macropore systems and be less subject to the leaching effects ofpercolatingwater than were the experimental soils. From theCambridge English Corpus Did you see those ideaspercolating? From theCambridge English Corpus The reason is to prevent any moneypercolatinginto a political party from either of the two campaigning organisations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is clear that arms arepercolatingthrough the world and increasing tension. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Diagrams show the existing rivers with waterpercolatingthrough from the hillsides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That increase,percolatingthrough the areas, would stimulate the areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are left there in order to preserve intact systems of ventilation and to prevent underground waterpercolatingfrom one mine to another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall achieve educational progress, advancement and evolution only by having various types of school and various ideaspercolatingin schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 English law distinguishes between two kinds of underground water: water flowing in a certain and definite channel andpercolatingwater. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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